Hose-supporter clasp.



' PATBNTED OCT. 23

.H. BINNEY. HOSE SUPPORTER CLASP.

APPLIOATIOIIILE-D NOV. 30, 1904.

INVEN'IOR.

IV I T 1595133 UNITED srA'r s PATENT OFFICE.

. HAROLD BINNEY, or NEW YORK, 'N.Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEALON COMPANY,

- A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

., 'HOSE-SUPPORTER CLASP- Specification of Letters Patent.

' Batented Oct. 23, 1906.

a lication filed Nev ember 30,1904. Serial No. 234,907.

To all whom itmay'c'oneern:

. Be it known that I,HAR0LD BINNEY, of 10.

Lexington avenue, New York .city, New York, have invented certain new and useful the shank of which is adapted to be em- Nealon and braced by a portion'of the loop to securethe fabriebetween the button and the loop.

Examples of such construction are found n the Gorton patent, No. 552,470, of December 31, 1895, andin the patent granted' to Binney, No.- 603,430, May 3,

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction of the metallic portions and reduce the number of parts forming theloop and the attachment for the cords orwebbing by which the fastener is sus ended.

. The nature of he inventlon will be readily understood from the drawings, wherein- F igure' 1 shows one preferred embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is the blank for the single metallicspart. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the metallic and rubber portions of the clasp. Fig. 4 is a front view of the rubber button and back-plate. Fig. 5 is a, central longitudinal section of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 shows one way ofpreparin the ends of the cord forv attachment to the c asp, and Fig. --7 shows a modification of Fig. 5.

' So far as the dtailsof the button are concemed, these form the subject-matter of my separate patent application of even date herewith, which app cation has since received Serial No. 234,906.

Heretofore considerable difficulty has been experienced in combining at once an advantageous'o eration with a low cost of manufacture o the metallic arts of such fasten-' 'ers, and several atents ave been taken out for various com inations' of one, two, three, or more metallic elements in such fasteners. The present invention aims at the difficult accomplishment of combining a great in-. crease in simplicit facture, with adde efficiency and desirability in use. These ob'ects instead of being inconsistent are now 0th accomplished byt'he present invention, as follows:

' The leg-band. B and cord D are not essentials of the invention, though preferably,

and low cost of manu-' when the clas is applied to mens garters the 5 5 cord D shoul be elastic and the leg-band B relatively or substantially; non-elastic, I as patented 1n Binney.

the said patent to Nealon and" C is the metallic loop, formed from a blankhaving ears C for securing the back-plate or button-plate to the loo band wings (gears: or other fa ric to C for securing the cord theclasp. The cooperating button-plate G I is preferably of soft rubber backed by a nonresilientfabric G, as well understood, and is preferably corrugated horizontally in front,

as shown in Fig. 4, so as to increase its flexie bility. Preferably, also, its upper end, is

thickened and provided with recesses or the bent-over holes, as shown, for receiving b e ack-plate is ends of the tongue C when t vfinally secured, as in Fig. 3'. The middle cle. to which the clas 1 is, to be affixed is ,se

cured by clamping own the wings .O as if shownfin F ig. 3.

Inmens garters the two ends. of the cord D may preferably be tied in a knot (see Fi 6) and laid within and clamped and em racedby the-wingsC, or the two ends of the cord may, if desired, be first secured together in any well-known manner and the head or terminal so formed laid-in'and secured by the wings C" In any event and however the cord or webbing be secured. by the wings C it will be seen thatthe metal of the loop serves the double function of rigidly securing it to both the back-- IIC.

The present clasp consists in its sim lest form entirely of two parts, exclusive on y of plate'and the cord or other webbing or fabthe fabric or cord to which it is fixed. These two parts are the loop member and the single button and back-plate, this combination being the same, however, whether the button is an all-rubberbutton or is internally reins IOO forced, as set forth in my above-named application of even date herewith.

The invention eliminates the well-known hinged connection between the loop member and the backlate, doing awa entirely with atleast one e ement of such 0 ddevice. So,-

also, in providing the normally parallel loop and back-plate without any joint between them it facilitates-.the. putting on and taking 1 embraced membertand an-external'loo =or j e'mbracin member which embraces the 'utembracedmember-and anyexternal-loo -orembracing memb-erwhiehembraees the utton, the l utton inembe'r =comprisin essentially: an integral buttonandbaok -p ate and a-loop -member rigidly secured to the backplate andi having bent-over portions adapted. to embrace the cord or fabric to which :the clasp is fixed.' p j 2. In; a clasp of the type havingabuttonor ton, the buttonand back+platecomprising an of'which the u s tiallyIparallel threwithwhen not flexed.

3. a clasp of the type having a button or integralmass of material such as soft: rubber and a loop member against the upper ortion per end of'the saidutton member lies an '1sfixed-so as to lie substanembraced member-and an external looppr embracing member which partially embraces the button, a loop-member and a combined- "buttonand back-plate, said back plate havinga ortion-at its upper end thickened-"on ythesi etoward theloop and seeured'rigidly tothe loop at the said thickened portion.

clasp comprising a back late, a button, rand a button-engaging oop having means'zfor :rig-itily engaging said back late .and'meansfor engaging a supportingfa '5, A-cla's :comprising an-mtegral back plate ,and utton, and a button engaging 'loo ihavingmeans fonrigidlyengaging said bac '-plate and means for engaging a supporting=fabrie -6. Aclasp; comprising an integral backplate and button having a thickened ortion at theupper end of the plate, and a 1 uttonengegmg oop having means-for rigidly engaging said back-plate and means for engaginga supporting abric. f

7 Agar'ment-supporter clasp com rising a ri 'd 100p, an integral button and exible bac 7 late, andmeansaengag'ing the upper end o s'aid back piate forsecui'ing said=backplate rigidly tosaid loop. 4

8; Agarment-supporter' clasp com rising a rigid v loop, an integral button and exible bac -plate, .and' means integral with said pl-ateifor securing sal said loop I v '9. 9A garment-supporter clasp comprising an integral 'button and flexible "back-plate, and a-metal loop formed with lugs at its up-. per end engagin with the ba'elbplate iorrigidly .retaining t e latterinoperative posi- -loop 'engaging'the u er 'end(if-said baek-' ii baclcplate rigidly=to tion; a

10. A garment-supporter clasp-comprising plate an integral button and flexible be provided witnapertures, "andametal loop ormed with lugs i at its-upper end en aging intosaid aperturesinthe ack ptate oriretaining it inoperative position;

In testimony whereof "I have-signed vthis specifieationin' the presence of: two subscribiing witnesses. A

HAROLD BINNEY.

Witnesses:

E. NA-N Zannr, 1 "G110. L. Coorna. 

